Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo as still waiting for female giant panda Tian Tian's hormone levels to peak before she can be introduced to her mate.

BBC: Edinburgh Zoo waits for female panda hormones

But despite the best efforts of conservationists -- and the presence of two female giant tortoises from a close subspecies sharing his enclosure at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz -- George remained a solitary creature.

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So, Saturday morning, a team of scientists and veterinarians artificially inseminated the Smithsonian National Zoo's female giant panda Mei Xiang, after determining that she and her male consort Tian Tian had "no competent breeding" overnight, according to a statement from the National Zoo.

CNN: Giant panda gets artificially inseminated

They'd have no way of tracking the giant female.

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Later Tuesday, China's Zheng Jie -- the first female tennis play from the Asian giant to make it into the quarterfinals -- will face unseeded Maria Kirilenko, who put out former champion Maria Sharapova in the first round.

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There are currently only two FTSE 100 companies - Burberry and Imperial Tobacco - with female chief executives, after Cynthia Carroll left mining giant Anglo-American and Dame Marjorie Scardino retired from the top job at media firm Pearson last year.

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Critics accuse the retail giant of destroying neighborhoods, exploiting its workers and discriminating against female employees.

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Telstra, the giant telecom company of Australia, now has 41% of its female employees in management jobs, up from one-third in 2006.

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It will be interesting to see whether the game has both male and female Swap Force characters as this has been a key message with both the original and Giant figures.

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